rusty floors DOH!!!!!!!!

[grandas_shed]

Just removed the front drivers and passengers carpets, the floor is very rusty ,
looks as though i will have to use a wire brush on the angle grinder to get it back to metal, then i will paint it with chassis paint,

before i do that i will have to remove the seats and the rest of the carpet.

under the carpet there is alot of sound proving, whats the best way to remove this as i can amagine that some of this will be very hard to remove

[Spence]

sorry to say you guessed right, sound deadning and underseal are one in the same (a right royal pain in the *Bleep* to remove)

expect a bit of sweat, maybe some swearing and cursing, but once your stuck in, you'll soon have it done

oh by the way, a good solid paint scraper is the way forward, refrain from chisels and paint stripper!

good luck

[droopsnoot]

I've found a heat gun is very effective at softening underseal for removal - a few minutes just gently heating the underseal, then it all comes off very easily with a scraper.

It's a long while since I've seen the stuck-in sound deadening - my current project had no floor at all, so less to remove - so I can't say whether it would help for that.

[Jon-HPF]

Bring on the power tools ! and try and remove all rust back to metal . Any rust left in pitted areas should be treated with an anti-rust treatment . If you find any big holes - no worries as i hear you now have a mig
Cheers - Jon

[Spence]

If you find any big holes - no worries as i hear you now have a mig
Cheers - Jon

plus "practical classics" magazine did a how 2 on making floor pans using wood as a "die" hand beat the ribs yourself

i did it and it works

[droopsnoot]

Yes, that's what I'm doing. Open the vise jaws up to about the correct width, then get a piece of an old standard lamp pedestal (hard wood, about the right diameter), line it up, then smack it one. Repeat for length of rib required.